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Injured animals emerge from refuges weeks after SA bushfire

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Feb 2026
As the firefighters packed up and went home from the recent Deep Creek fires, other volunteers were just starting weeks of work finding injured wildlife in the charred landscape ... .
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Dramatic changes in upper atmosphere are responsible for recent droughts and bushfires: New research

Phys Dot Org 22 Feb 2026
Over the past decade, southern Australia has suffered numerous extreme weather and climate events, such as record-breaking heat waves, bushfires, two major droughts and even flash flooding ... This caused catastrophic bushfires in southern Australia.
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Residents in Australia’s Victoria state urged to evacuate as bushfire rages

Straits Times 21 Feb 2026
Mountainous terrain was making it difficult for firefighters to battle the blaze from the ground ....
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Residents in Australia's Victoria state urged to evacuate as bushfire rages

RNZ 21 Feb 2026
An out-of-control bushfire in Australia's Victoria state prompted an evacuation alert for residents near a remote mining settlement, authorities said on Saturday ... Three other bushfires were burning on ...
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Residents urged to evacuate as bushfire rages in central-east Victoria

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Feb 2026
Residents in a remote Victorian community have been urged to evacuate as an out-of-control fire rages nearby ... .
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Locals urged to leave as bushfire burns in Gippsland

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Feb 2026
The fire near Gaffneys Creek has prompted warnings to leave former mining settlements in the mountainous area in Victoria's east ... .
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Dramatic upper atmosphere changes blamed for S. Australia droughts, bushfires: study

Xinhua 20 Feb 2026
20 (Xinhua) -- Dramatic climate-driven changes in the upper atmosphere are driving worsening droughts and bushfires across southern Australia, new research warns ... Australia droughts, bushfires.
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CFS sirens during Macclesfield bushfire reignite debate about technology

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Feb 2026
Residents of Macclesfield were woken by a CFS siren at 2am this week as a bushfire threatened, with many saying they would have otherwise kept sleeping as danger edged closer ... .
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Long-term exposure to bushfire smoke linked to increased risk of heart disease

AOL 18 Feb 2026
Long-term exposure to bushfire smoke may increase the risk of hospitalisation for heart disease in older people, ...
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Dedicated bushfire volunteers supported with $70,000 in grants (State Government of Western Australia)

Public Technologies 18 Feb 2026
) Funding supports 43 volunteer bushfire brigades, hundreds of volunteers Grants recognise critical role of volunteers in protecting communities Over $800,000 in funding provided under annual Western Power grants program.
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Bushfire threatens properties in central Victoria as temperatures climb

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 Feb 2026
The fire at Trawool broke out near the Goulburn Valley Highway in central Victoria on a day when half the state was facing extreme fire danger ... .
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Emergency bushfire warning for area south of Launceston

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 Feb 2026
The Tasmania Fire Service has issued an emergency bushfire warning for an area south of Launceston, with helicopters and ground crews in attendance ... .
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